I don't have a problem with their location, or the country itself. My problem is with their lack of regard for democracy, for human rights and for free speech.
If they can sort out those issues and show that they intend to adhere to them, they are more than welcome in.
I wonder what you guys feel when a news like this sourcing from EU land hits the papers. I bet you would go ahead and claim that "Punish him more!".
Why would I do that? I don't have a problem with people who want to do something as innocuous as edit a DMOZ category. If someone in Europe wants to edit a DMOZ category about Al Qaeda, then I will wish them every success.
Turkey's economy is irrelevant; they could have the global economic power of the US and I still wouldn't be happy with their entry into the EU unless they cleaned up their act democratically. If we were to use that as a gauge for entry, then there would be a number of South East Asian countries already eligible to join the EU - Singapore, for example. But they themselves aren't even close to democratic, and hence I wouldn't let them in either.
A lot of that cost would be involved in keeping the astronauts alive. It'd probably be cheaper if much of it could be automated (or by finding expendable employees). Doing that, of course, is left as an exercise for the reader;)
I really enjoy DM, but I've never understand what people see in Counterstrike. The games are always over too quickly, you seem to spend more time sitting around waiting for it to restart than actually getting out there and putting bullets in heads...
...when you buy digital music such as this, what proof do you have that you really own it?
I've got a large collection of music in mp3 and ogg formats on my laptop, ripped from my CD collection. I've often been worried about going through international customs at airports and having some over-zealous security nut decide to search the contents of my hard disk drive and then fast-track me to death row for DMCA infringement.
Now, at least with my mp3 collection, I can point to all of my CDs (well, at home) as proof that I own them. But if I were to buy mp3 files from emusic, what proof do I get that I really own them? Are emusic keeping records of all purchases and will they be willing to provide
...and you don't think Real actually own an iPod to try out their hack on before they released it?
Seriously, this is all bullshit. In the long term, the iPod is going to get hacked to play anything and everything, and Apple should quit trying to monopolise the music sales business. It's just not right.
Bullshit. If I own a device, I can do whatever the fuck I want with it.
So can Real.
Any court that finds in Apple's favour over this is blatently corrupt.
Odeon's website is truely, truely awful. And it's been like this for at least two years now.
I don't know how their web monkey can live with him/herself.
That animation when you get past the splash screen is ridiculous. What's the point? Wouldn't a good marketing person realise that you want the user to be able to access the information as quickly as possible, rather than have to wait for silly things like that to finish?
I don't think I explained that correctly - what I meant was, the name that a party gives itself is irrelevant. The Nazi's may have called themselves (National) Socialists, but in a Lenin sense they weren't anything like Socialists (aside from their passion for killing their opponents, I guess).
The OP was likening Michael Moore (as a 'patriot') to Quisling. Whatever way you look at it, that comparison is completely unfair to Moore.
As for personal liberty... that's hardly cut and dry. Everyone has their own version of what they believe personal liberty should be about, ie, it has its various flavours. I'm not saying it is as easy to pigeon-hole as "left" and "right", but more that one person's personal liberty may inadvertently be someone else's worst nightmare.
...but Quisling was the leader of the Norwegian "Nasjonal Samling" party, a Norwegian party that agreed with Hitler's ideals. That'd make him right wing. Extreme ring wing.
Actually, don't correct me. I know I'm correct already.
You sure have a knack for exaggeration. I have yet to see either of those two people promote forced collectivisation, the compulsory aquisition of land by the state or an equilisation of wages for everyone.
And a note for future reference: criticising one's government does not make one "anti-" their country. Government requires criticism. If it doesn't get it, it runs unchecked which leads to diminishing democracy. Bearing this in mind, I would argue that Michael Moore is possibily the most patriotic American there is at this present time.
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I don't have a problem with their location, or the country itself. My problem is with their lack of regard for democracy, for human rights and for free speech.
If they can sort out those issues and show that they intend to adhere to them, they are more than welcome in.
But not before.
Why would I do that? I don't have a problem with people who want to do something as innocuous as edit a DMOZ category. If someone in Europe wants to edit a DMOZ category about Al Qaeda, then I will wish them every success.
Turkey's economy is irrelevant; they could have the global economic power of the US and I still wouldn't be happy with their entry into the EU unless they cleaned up their act democratically. If we were to use that as a gauge for entry, then there would be a number of South East Asian countries already eligible to join the EU - Singapore, for example. But they themselves aren't even close to democratic, and hence I wouldn't let them in either.
...expects to enter the EU?
They are not democratic, and until they prove that they can be, they should not be allowed in.
A lot of that cost would be involved in keeping the astronauts alive. It'd probably be cheaper if much of it could be automated (or by finding expendable employees). Doing that, of course, is left as an exercise for the reader ;)
...it will be illegal to take a toilet break during television commercials.
hmm, dunno about that. I clicked on it because of the NSFW message...
These religious nutters are all hard right wing!
I really enjoy DM, but I've never understand what people see in Counterstrike. The games are always over too quickly, you seem to spend more time sitting around waiting for it to restart than actually getting out there and putting bullets in heads...
...when you buy digital music such as this, what proof do you have that you really own it?
I've got a large collection of music in mp3 and ogg formats on my laptop, ripped from my CD collection. I've often been worried about going through international customs at airports and having some over-zealous security nut decide to search the contents of my hard disk drive and then fast-track me to death row for DMCA infringement.
Now, at least with my mp3 collection, I can point to all of my CDs (well, at home) as proof that I own them. But if I were to buy mp3 files from emusic, what proof do I get that I really own them? Are emusic keeping records of all purchases and will they be willing to provide
...where I come from, the presence of Moby in the catalog would be considered a good thing.
Every day I wake up to find that the idiot Australian Prime Minister has embarrassed me again.
Now he's spamming? And he's arrogant enough to believe that he's doing nothing immoral?
Get rid of the bastard.
Well, if they're $20, and you want a sub-$100 projector, then "enough" is clearly anywhere from 1 and 4.
...do anything to fix the substandard programming?
...Faraday-cage id card wallets
I'll set up a TCP redirection process on my servers ;)
...and you don't think Real actually own an iPod to try out their hack on before they released it?
Seriously, this is all bullshit. In the long term, the iPod is going to get hacked to play anything and everything, and Apple should quit trying to monopolise the music sales business. It's just not right.
If they *buy* an iPod, they *own* an iPod, and hence they can hack on it in any way they like.
Bullshit. If I own a device, I can do whatever the fuck I want with it. So can Real. Any court that finds in Apple's favour over this is blatently corrupt.
Odeon's website is truely, truely awful. And it's been like this for at least two years now.
I don't know how their web monkey can live with him/herself.
That animation when you get past the splash screen is ridiculous. What's the point? Wouldn't a good marketing person realise that you want the user to be able to access the information as quickly as possible, rather than have to wait for silly things like that to finish?
Of course, there's nothing stopping someone clever from reverse engineering it.
Rubbish
You'll be telling me that the Democratic People's Republic of Korea is a liberal democracy next.
I don't think I explained that correctly - what I meant was, the name that a party gives itself is irrelevant. The Nazi's may have called themselves (National) Socialists, but in a Lenin sense they weren't anything like Socialists (aside from their passion for killing their opponents, I guess).
The OP was likening Michael Moore (as a 'patriot') to Quisling. Whatever way you look at it, that comparison is completely unfair to Moore.
As for personal liberty ... that's hardly cut and dry. Everyone has their own version of what they believe personal liberty should be about, ie, it has its various flavours. I'm not saying it is as easy to pigeon-hole as "left" and "right", but more that one person's personal liberty may inadvertently be someone else's worst nightmare.
Ah, those right-wing National Socialists.
Names mean nothing. Australia's mainstream conservative party is called the "Liberal" Party. They are far from liberal about anything.
...but Quisling was the leader of the Norwegian "Nasjonal Samling" party, a Norwegian party that agreed with Hitler's ideals. That'd make him right wing. Extreme ring wing.
Actually, don't correct me. I know I'm correct already.
Extreme left?
You sure have a knack for exaggeration. I have yet to see either of those two people promote forced collectivisation, the compulsory aquisition of land by the state or an equilisation of wages for everyone.
And a note for future reference: criticising one's government does not make one "anti-" their country. Government requires criticism. If it doesn't get it, it runs unchecked which leads to diminishing democracy. Bearing this in mind, I would argue that Michael Moore is possibily the most patriotic American there is at this present time.